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Stephen L Moshier wrote:
>
> pow(x,y) returns 0 when x is very close to -1.0 and y is very large.
> The following test program prints
>
> pow(1.0000000000000002e+00 4.5035996273704970e+15) = 2.7182818284590455e+00
> pow(-1.0000000000000002e+00 4.5035996273704970e+15) =0.0000000000000000e+00
> pow(9.9999999999999978e-01 4.5035996273704970e+15) = 3.6787944117144222e-01
> pow(-9.9999999999999978e-01 4.5035996273704970e+15) = 0.0000000000000000e+00
>
> which is incorrect for the negative arguments raised to an odd integer
> power.
>
> -----
> double pow (double, double);
>
> int
> main ()
> {
> double x, y, z;
>
> x = 1.0 + pow (2.0, -52.0);
> y = 1.0 + pow (2.0, 52.0);
> z = pow (x, y);
> printf ("pow(%.16e %.16e) = %.16e\n", x, y, z);
> x = -x;
> z = pow (x, y);
> printf ("pow(%.16e %.16e) = %.16e\n", x, y, z);
> x = 1.0 - pow (2.0, -52.0);
> z = pow (x, y);
> printf ("pow(%.16e %.16e) = %.16e\n", x, y, z);
> x = -x;
> z = pow (x, y);
> printf ("pow(%.16e %.16e) = %.16e\n", x, y, z);
> }
> -----
>
> Here is a patch for newlib/libm/math/epow.c:
Patch checked in and duplicated for ef_pow.c. Thanks.
-- Jeff J.
author | Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org> |
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date | Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:31:30 +0000 |
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